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Forage Council Seeks Funding For Industry Strategy

By Ron Friesen July 8, 2010

“We are going to need a reliable source of funding.” – WAYNE DIGBY, MFC The Manitoba Forage Council is requesting government assistance to implement an ambitious strategy for developing the province’s forage and grassland industry. The MFC is negotiating with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives for an annual grant to fund research, extension services

Beef cattle, Crops, Forages, Livestock

How Do You Spell Out Bale Grazing Benefits? N, P, K, S

By Daniel Winters March 18, 2010

Paul Jungnitsch, a student from the University of Saskatchewan, in 2008 figured out a stunning back-of-the-envelope calculation on the potential benefits of wintering cattle on pasture in his master’s thesis. Using a 130-day wintering period, and figuring that there were over five million beef cattle in Canada based on 2007 StatsCan numbers, if all those

Crops, Forages, Livestock, News, Other livestock

New Program Insures Pastures For Grazing Days

By Ron Friesen January 28, 2010

“This is a good step forward for the industry.” – GREG JOHNSON, MCPA Anew crop insurance program announced Jan. 19 will give Manitoba cattle producers an innovative way to protect their livestock from feed shortages. The program will insure pastures for a guaranteed number of days for grazing. Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation will launch a

Forages, Livestock

“Ice-Cream” Plant Improves Forage Production

By Ron Friesen December 3, 2009

“It has a lot of potential.” – MICHAEL SCHELLENBERG, AAFC They say the great cattle drives from the United States to Canada during the late 19th century used to follow the winterfat trail. Winterfat, a low-lying shrub native to Great Northern Plains, was a prime source of nutrition for ranging cattle because of its high

Dairy cattle, Livestock

T – for Nov. 12, 2009

By Daniel Winters November 12, 2009

he behaviourist approach to ranching has won many converts in the United States. One of them, Ray Banister, used the philosophy to develop a new grazing strategy on his 7,200-acre Montana ranch, after 40 years of rotational grazing. Called “boom-bust” management, Banister uses intense periods of grazing followed by two growing seasons of rest. This

Forages, Livestock

On The Boyd Ranch, The Grass Is Stirrup High

By Daniel Winters August 13, 2009

On the Boyd ranch near Brookdale, the grass is lush, green and stirrup high. It’s like the cowboy’s prayer come true. Even the solar-powered pump pulls water up into a portable trough from a grassy-banked, tree-sheltered water hole that runs cool, clear and deep. A visitor from the parched southwest might suspect such phenomenal pasture

Livestock, Opinion

It’s More Than Rude To Intrude

By Ian Wishart May 14, 2009

With spring, fields and land in rural areas are a wonderful mix of mud and green, and that can look very inviting to all-terrain vehicle riders and those with 4×4 vehicles. There are many people who drive responsibly and stay on designated trails and off of private property. And then there are others who choose

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

Bale Grazing In Winter Reaps Dividends For Producers

By Ron Friesen February 26, 2009

“It’s a lot less labour intensive.” – REJEAN PICARD, MAFRI Let your cattle graze on pasture all year round. In winter, give them a hay bale buffet. Bale grazing beef cattle during the winter is being promoted as a good way for producers to save time, work and money by letting animals feed themselves. Even

Forages, Livestock, News

Grazing changes may improve climate

By David Fogarty January 29, 2009

Simple changes in grazing practices could soak up millions of tonnes of carbon a year, helping fight climate change, improving farm productivity and earning farmers carbon credits, a scientist said Jan. 20. But such measures needed to spread globally to more than 120 million farmers working grazing lands, such as savannah and shrubland, according to

Livestock, Other, Other livestock

Tips and tricks for running sheep and cows

By Alexis Kienlen January 8, 2009

“It’s the easiest way in the world to make more profit, as far as I’m concerned.” – LEN LARSEN Mother Nature doesn’t stick to one species on the landscape, and Len Larsen thinks she has the right idea. Larsen and his family run 900 ewes and 100 cattle near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. “It’s so much

Daily Network News

U.S. finalizes biofuel blending quotas for 2026-27, cuts RINS for foreign feedstocks

U.S. corn planting seen down, soy acres up as Iran war inflates costs, analysts say

Producers affected by bovine TB receive extended tax deferral

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